Deadpool and Wolverine ending explained: From Cassandra Nova's fate to that shawarma gag
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Deadpool and Wolverinehas finally arrived, and boy, what an ending! From Achilles heel-slicing and nonconsensual mind-entering to villains quite literally short-circuiting and heroes messing with theMarvel timeline– there’s a lot that goes on.
Fear not, though, because we’ve rounded up every major event that takes place in the third act of Deadpool and Wolverine. So if you missed something or if you’re just masochistic when it comes to spoilers, you’ve come to the right place.
We’ll start with a recap and then move onto your burning questions: who dies? Where does this leave Wolverine? What’s next for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, now that Deadpool and Wolverine have officially joined? Scroll on down for our guide – which is, andthis is your last warning, bursting with huge spoilers– to the ending of the Merc with a Mouth’s latest film…
Deadpool and Wolverine recap
While she digs around in Logan’s mind, X-23 manages to retrieve the helmet and throw it up to hm. Unbeknownst to them, Pyro has made a deal with Paradox (Matthew Macfadyen) to kill Cassandra – and he fires several shots seconds after Deadpool puts the helmet on her head.
Luckily, Peter (Rob Delaney) shows up in his Peterpool suit and happily distracts the variants – who they basically regard as their hero. Deadpool and Wolverine make their way to Paradox’s base and demand to know how to shut down the Time Ripper. He explains that someone would need to go underground and create an energy bridge between its matter and antimatter power sources, which would shortcircuit the machine – though the person who creates the bridge would almost certainly die. Both Logan and Wade fight over who’s going to be the one to do it.
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Wracked with guilt over not being able to save his own world, Wolverine urges Deadpool to let him create the bridge. “You got a whole family waiting. I got nothing,” he says as he hands Wade the bloodied photograph of Vanessa, Blind Al, Peter and co. “Lemme have this.” For a moment, it looks like Deadpoolwill, too, but he interrupts Logan’s self-sacrifice, locking the mutant out of the underground bunker, and hitching himself to the power sources instead.
As Deadpool starts to disintegrate, Wolverine manages to break down the door, and takes Deadpool’s hand, strengthening the bridge and causing the Time Ripper to explode, atomizing Cassandra Nova with it. Paradox is arrested by the TVA for going rogue, and Wade and Logan go get some shawarma to celebrate saving the day.
When Deadpool and Wolverine manage to successfully shut down the Time Ripper, Cassandra Nova explodes along with it.
After saving the entire multiverse, Wade and Logan go get some shawarma. Though Logan tells Wade that he won’t be sticking around, we cut to Wade introducing him to his roommate Blind Al. Logan then ends up around the table with Wade and the people he loves most, implying that the X-Man has now joined the friend group as one of those important individuals – which makes our hearts soar.
Though Nicepool can’t regenerate, the rest of the Deadpool variants can – which would make the fight neverending. Luckily, they become distracted – and elated – when Peterpool shows up. As Lady Deadpool (Blake Lively) tells us, every Deadpool has a Peter. While the variants' attention is elsewhere, Deadpool and Wolverine sneak away – and Peter presumably leads the variants into the portal and back to the Void.
After his takeover of the TVA ultimately proves unsuccessful, the proper authorities arrest Paradox for his multiverse-threatening crimes.
The four take on Cassandra Nova’s cronies, successfully killing the majority of them, but not before Alioth comes and seemingly gobbles everyone up.
After the TVA arrests Paradox, Deadpool asks if they can rescue Blade, Elektra, Gambit, and X-23 – to which the agent replies that they’ll “see what they can do.” This means that their fate is more or less up in the air.
It’s worth noting that Logan is seen chatting to Laura/X-23 at Wade’s aforementioned get-together, which either means that the TVA made good on their promise or it’s a version of her from another timeline.
Prior to the film’s release, Kevin Feige’s stated that Deadpool and Wolverine would usher a new “Mutant era” for Marvel. Because of the inclusion of X-Men characters in the film, the door is now open for our favorite team of mutants to officially join the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
You might also recall that Paradox tells Wade not once, but twice, that he’s been “chosen for a higher purpose” and will likely play a part in saving the Sacred Timeline in the future. This means that our favorite foul-mouthed hero will probably be back at some point in the near future (and it’d be kind of cool to watch him and Loki go from enemies to buddies).
Deadpool and Wolverine is in UK cinemas now, and releases in the US on July 26. For more, check out all theupcoming Marvel movies and showson the way, as well as our guide to how to watch theMarvel movies in order.
Lauren Milici is a Senior Entertainment Writer for GamesRadar+ currently based in the Midwest. She previously reported on breaking news for The Independent’s Indy100 and created TV and film listicles for Ranker. Her work has been published in Fandom, Nerdist, Paste Magazine, Vulture, PopSugar, Fangoria, and more.
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